This is beautiful," I said, ignoring the shop window to trace the gleaming stone walls fronting another boutique. "You know what's funny?" Jacob asked. He didn't wait for my answer. "You can see beauty in everything, except for yourself." *** I swallowed hard. Erik thought my body was beautiful, Karin that it was enviable. At random times, people had noted that my hands were beautiful, or my hair. The Twisted Sisters had called my art beautiful. Mom had the best intentions and always told me before and after my laser surgeries that I would be beautiful. But no one had ever said that I was beautiful, all my parts taken together, not just the bits and pieces.
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But to truthfully address and adequately depreciate prej... JONATHAN CHEN A quiet reflection is a good starting point to break an obsession. Action without reflection is like... JONATHAN CHEN For one who relies on prejudices to vitalize his existence, freedom is but an illusion, because he i... JONATHAN CHEN There is no secret that injustice flourishes on prejudice. In fact, it is its main course for injust... JONATHAN CHEN Prejudice is in all of us. Some consciously enact ridding it to open themselves to a richer life tex... JONATHAN CHEN No matter how victorious those kings who flagged their hands in the bloody wars were glorified, my s... JONATHAN CHEN When the inner life embodies liberty and compassion, the outward action speaks peace. JONATHAN CHEN All it requires for being a champion for peace is a heart that believes in peace. Believe that I AM ... JONATHAN CHEN Deep down most people want peace, want to make friends, want to connect themselves with others. That... JONATHAN CHEN A mind is capable of harboring and ingesting a vast variety of ideas and information. It would be th... JONATHAN CHEN Law of nature is not a confinement to freedom. It safeguards the subsistence. JONATHAN CHEN The best teacher for every subject is nature, who also happens to use the universal language. JONATHAN CHEN It would be our greatest crime if the future generations can only see the beauty in nature from the ... JONATHAN CHEN Never once when gazing at the sky wasn't I in awe and wondering. JONATHAN CHEN Having a heart for all the beings breeds gentle sunshine in the inner world that beams outwards. Tha... JONATHAN CHEN Broad and sustainable love is not from an attraction in the form of compulsive sensation. Broad and ... JONATHAN CHEN Animosity is a temporary intrusion to the principle makeup of human nature of love, for no one is bo... JONATHAN CHEN Within the heaven of the godly peace lies love in all beings. JONATHAN CHEN Perhaps being able to see themselves through reflection is what truly distinguishes mankind. JONATHAN CHEN Liberty and compassion. That's the whole package we are capable of having. When that quality prevail... JONATHAN CHEN Mistaken not hatred for liberty. Disseminating hatred is an abuse of freedom. Liberty has no room fo... JONATHAN CHEN Don't let what we know stand in the way of what we could know. JONATHAN CHEN There is only one person who can bring peace to you – that's you. JONATHAN CHEN Idea comes from senses, but imagination goes beyond. Those who could impel idea with imagination hav... JONATHAN CHEN An ideology may be a base to form a opinion. But it should never be a base to shield unjust. JONATHAN CHEN All the lasting adversities humanity has been facing became essentially inevitable the day mankind a... JONATHAN CHEN For us to enliven the endurance of humanity, we must become accustomed to the repetition of humanita... JONATHAN CHEN Hatred is a passionate disease that impairs one's ability to see the better self. JONATHAN CHEN The drive to excellence Jobs had was a continuation of the great institution many had shared before ... JONATHAN CHEN